# ProspectPulse Satellite Scene Availability & Remote-Sensing Guide

> ProspectPulse Satellite Scene Availability & Remote-Sensing Guide is a paid API for AI agents from prospectpulse-pi.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns which free Sentinel-1/2, ASTER, and Landsat satellite scenes cover a target area, plus a geological remote-sensing guide mapping each sensor to the alteration minerals it detects.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://prospectpulse-pi.vercel.app/api/prospect/satellite-availability
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/prospectpulse-satellite-scene-availability-remote-sensing-guide-eeed6483
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_o2MNVb4dVhY6ERMKPK6Zp

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability prospectpulse-satellite-scene-availability-remote-sensing-guide-eeed6483
```

Example prompt: What free satellite scenes — Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, ASTER, and Landsat — cover the Atacama lithium triangle region around -23.5°S, -67.8°W, and which of those sensors can map lithium-bearing clay or evaporite minerals?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an exploration or geology agent needs to quickly identify which freely available multispectral and SAR satellite datasets cover a prospect area before committing to data acquisition, and when guidance is needed on which sensor best maps specific alteration mineral assemblages. Prefer this over general geospatial APIs when the use case is specifically mineral exploration remote sensing with sensor-to-mineral guidance.

## Known failure modes

- Target area outside available coverage extent — no scenes returned
- Invalid or missing coordinate/bounding box input — 400 error
- Area too large for single query — may require tiling
- Satellite archive gap for remote region — sparse or no scenes available
- Payment not processed — 402 response blocking access

## How this service works

Global mineral and resource exploration intelligence. USGS MRDS deposit inventory, geochemical anomaly analysis, satellite scene availability, jurisdiction entry-risk,…

## Output

Returns a list of available free satellite scenes (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, ASTER, Landsat) covering the queried area, including scene metadata, plus a geological remote-sensing guide explaining which sensor is best suited to detect specific alteration minerals (e.g. iron oxides, hydroxyl-bearing clays, sulfates) relevant to mineral exploration.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lat": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Latitude (decimal degrees) | -23.8 | 39.5 | -0.5 | 60.2"
      },
      "lon": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Longitude (decimal degrees) | 119.4 | -117.3 | 28.6 | 25.4"
      },
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Response language (ISO 639-1) | en | es | fr | pt | ru | zh | id"
      },
      "commodity": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target commodity for alteration-type guidance | gold | copper | lithium | nickel | REE"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data_summary": {
   "aster_scenes": 3,
   "landsat_scenes": 4,
   "sentinel1_scenes": 2,
   "sentinel2_scenes": 4,
   "overall_data_quality": "EXCELLENT"
  },
  "target_coordinates": "-23.8°S, 119.4°E (Pilbara, Western Australia)",
  "recommended_sensors": [
   {
    "sensor": "ASTER",
    "best_for": "Hydrothermal alteration mineral mapping — kaolinite, alunite, illite, chlorite"
   }
  ],
  "alteration_mapping_potential": {
   "rating": "HIGH",
   "target_minerals_detectable": [
    "kaolinite",
    "alunite",
    "iron oxides",
    "carbonates"
   ]
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/prospectpulse-satellite-scene-availability-remote-sensing-guide-eeed6483/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from prospectpulse-pi.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/prospectpulse-pi.vercel.app/llms.txt)